Ragtime
The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age.
Rating: 7.0 out of 10TMDB(200 votes)
Overview
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
Fun facts
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Nominations
7 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (1982)
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Based on
Based on the novel Ragtime
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Filming locations
Filmed in Connecticut and New Jersey
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Setting
Set in New Jersey and New York City
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Music
Music by Randy Newman
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Miroslav Ondříček
Details
- Director
- Writers
- E. L. DoctorowNovel
- Michael Weller Screenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 20, 1981
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
James CagneyNew York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo
Brad DourifYounger Brother
Moses GunnBooker T. Washington
Elizabeth McGovernEvelyn Nesbit
Kenneth McMillanWillie Conklin
Pat O'BrienDelmas
Donald O'ConnorEvelyn's Dance Instructor
James OlsonFather
Mandy PatinkinTateh
Howard RollinsCoalhouse Walker Jr.
Mary SteenburgenMother
Debbie AllenSarah
Jeffrey DeMunnHarry Houdini
Robert JoyHenry Thaw
Norman MailerStanford White
Bruce BoaJerome- Hoolihand BurkeBrigit
Norman ChancerGent No. 1 - Agent- Edwin CooperGrandfather
Jeff DanielsP.C. O'Donnell
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